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[Margin] Unnoted

cairn the centre of which appears to have
been dug out at some remote period. The
diameter is about 22'. It is overgrown with
heather. Some 15' W. [West] of the latter are
the remains of a small oval enclosure
measuring interiorly 15' x 9' surrounded
by a bank about 2'6" thick. The entrance
to it is uncertain.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 23.

About 700 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the Caen burn and
100 yds. [yards] above the road is a group of four
or five cairns, small and inconspicuous.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 24.

½ m. [mile] W. [West] of the Caen burn on the terrace
of the hill near its base are the
remains of another long cairn. It has
been entirely ruined and the centre
cleared out leaving merely an outline
of stones to mark its position. Its main
axis has lain ESE and WNW [East South East and West North West]. It appears
to have been about 27' broad at the W. [West] end
and 50' at the E. [East]. Its extreme length appears
to have been about 130'. There are no signs
of a chamber left.
The two objects marked as "tumuli"
situated about 100 yds. [yards] to the W. [West] seem to
be small enclosures overgrown with heather.
That nearest the cairn is oval, measuring

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